HB0196 • 2021

Workplace transparency act.

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; specifying employer actions which constitute an unfair employment practice; prohibiting an employer from barring an employee from disclosing wage information; prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to waive wage disclosure rights; prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an employee as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Connolly
Last action: 2021-04-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

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Workplace Transparency Act

The Workplace Transparency Act prohibits employers from preventing employees from discussing their wages and protects workers who share wage information.

What This Bill Does

It makes it illegal for an employer to stop an employee from talking about their own pay or asking others about their pay.
Employers cannot make employees sign papers that say they won't share their pay details.
An employer is not allowed to punish, fire, or change the terms of employment for someone who shares wage information.

Who It Names or Affects

Employers and employees in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Unfair employment practice: Actions by an employer that are not fair to the employee, such as stopping them from talking about their pay.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and is inactive in Wyoming.
It was supposed to take effect on July 1, 2021, but since it didn not pass, this date does not apply.

Bill History

2021-04-07 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2021-03-24 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2021-03-17 House
H09 - Minerals:Do Pass Failed 4-5-0-0-0
2021-03-05 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2021-03-04 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-02 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0620
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0620
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0196

Workplace transparency act.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Connolly, Duncan, Hallinan, Sherwood and Sweeney and Senator(s) Gierau and Salazar

A BILL

for

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 27
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9
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105(a) by creating a new paragraph (v) is amended to read:

27
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105.

Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations.

(a)

It is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice:

(v)

For an employer to:

(A)

Prohibit an employee from disclosing the employee's own wages, discussing the wages of others, inquiring about another employee's wages or aiding or encouraging any other employee to exercise the employee's rights under this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to create an obligation to disclose wages;

(B)

Require as a condition of employment nondisclosure of the employee's own wages or require the employee to sign a waiver or other document that denies the employee the right to disclose the employee's own wage information;

(C)

Discharge, discipline or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee by altering the terms, location or conditions of employment for disclosing the employee's own wages, discussing the wages of other employees, inquiring about another employee's wages or aiding or encouraging any other employee to exercise the employee's rights under this paragraph.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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